var http_request = false;
var localWhereToPut = "";

function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, whereToPut) {
	http_request = false;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
		 http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		 if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
			// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
				//http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
				http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
		 }
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		 try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		 } catch (e) {
				try {
					 http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				} catch (e) {}
		 }
	}
	if (!http_request) {
		 alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
		 return false;
	}
	localWhereToPut = whereToPut;
http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
	http_request.open('POST', url, true);
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
	http_request.send(parameters);
}

function alertContents() {
	if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		 if (http_request.status == 200) {
				//alert(http_request.responseText);
				result = http_request.responseText;
				document.getElementById(localWhereToPut).innerHTML   = result;            
		 } else {
				alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		 }
	}
}

function get(obj, whichPage, whereToPut, whatToPost) {
alert(obj.name);
makePOSTRequest(whichPage, whatToPost, whereToPut);
}